"Pacific"", ""which had its share of purely entertaining songs"". For example, the opening song, ""I Whistle a Happy Tune"", establishes Anna's fear upon entering a strange land with her small son, but the merry melody also expresses her determination to keep a stiff upper lip. Hyland calls ""Hello, Young Lovers"" an archetypical Rodgers ballad: simple, with only two chords in the first eight bars, but moving in its directness. The original cast recording of ""The King and I"" was released by Decca Records in 1951. While John Kenrick admires it for the performances of the secondary couple, Larry Douglas and"
"starring Gertrude Lawrence as Anna and the mostly unknown Yul Brynner as the king. This musical featured the hit songs ""I Whistle a Happy Tune"", ""Hello, Young Lovers"", ""Getting to Know You"", ""We Kiss in a Shadow"", ""Something Wonderful"", ""I Have Dreamed"", and ""Shall We Dance?"" It was adapted for film in 1956 with Brynner re-creating his role opposite Deborah Kerr (whose singing was largely dubbed by Marni Nixon). Brynner won an Oscar as Best Actor for his portrayal, and Kerr was nominated as Best Actress. Brynner reprised the role twice on Broadway in 1977 and 1985 and in a"
"Happy Working Song ""Happy Working Song"" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures' musical film ""Enchanted"" (2007). Recorded by American actress Amy Adams in her starring role as Giselle, the uptempo pop song both parodies and pays homage to a variety of songs from several Disney animated feature films, particularly ""Whistle While You Work"" from ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" (1937). Produced by Menken, Schwartz and Danny Troob, the song appears on the film's soundtrack ""Enchanted: Original Soundtrack."" ""Happy Working Song"" takes place in Robert's untidy apartment in Manhattan, New"
"Happy Working Song ""Happy Working Song"" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures' musical film ""Enchanted"" (2007). Recorded by American actress Amy Adams in her starring role as Giselle, the uptempo pop song both parodies and pays homage to a variety of songs from several Disney animated feature films, particularly ""Whistle While You Work"" from ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" (1937). Produced by Menken, Schwartz and Danny Troob, the song appears on the film's soundtrack ""Enchanted: Original Soundtrack."" ""Happy Working Song"" takes place in Robert's untidy apartment in Manhattan, New"
"The Happy Time (musical) The Happy Time is a musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by N. Richard Nash loosely based on a 1950 hit Broadway play, ""The Happy Time"" by Samuel A. Taylor, which was in turn based on stories by Robert Fontaine. The story had also been made into a 1952 film version. The original 1967 Los Angeles and 1968 Broadway productions were directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, who won Tony Awards in each category. Producer David Merrick had initially asked Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields to write the songs"
"mortal, incurring the wrath of their father, Zeus."" He has noted that the stage musical focuses more on the Greek mythology plotlines but has ""a lot of [parody] references to the movie."" The score retains the hits from the film and also includes new arrangements by Eric Stern of ""I'm Alive,"" ""Magic,"" ""Suddenly,"" and ""Dancin',"" as well as integrating two classic Electric Light Orchestra songs, ""Strange Magic"" and ""Evil Woman,"" plus Farrar's ""Have You Never Been Mellow."" The musical was first given a workshop production and backers' audition at the Minetta Lane Theater in Greenwich Village, New York City, in"
"a flight of stairs to The Toy Trumpet by Raymond Scott, Sidney D. Mitchell and Lew Pollack. Other tunes in the film include the first scene's Happy Ending (Pollack and Mitchell) sung by Phyllis Brooks (Temple also recorded the song for the film, but it was cut before release); You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby (Revel and Gordon) sung comically and never in its entirety by girls auditioning for the radio show in the first scene; Come and Get Your Happiness (Pokrass and Yellen) sung by Temple; and Alone with You (Pollack and Mitchell) sung by Brooks and Haley. The"
"Walking Happy Walking Happy is a musical with music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by Roger O. Hirson and Ketti Frings. The story is based on the play ""Hobson's Choice"" by Harold Brighouse. The musical was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The title song ""Walking Happy"" was originally meant to be used in the 1963 film ""Papa's Delicate Condition"", with Jackie Gleason singing it, but it was dropped before the film's release. The production opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 26, 1966 and ran for 161 performances. Directed by"
"Show. Toot Sweets ""Toot Sweets"" is a song from ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", the 1968 musical motion picture. In the film it is sung by Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes. ""Toot Sweets"" is also featured prominently in the multi-award winning stage musical of the same name which premiered in London at the Palladium in 2002 and on Broadway in 2005 at the newly refurbished Foxwoods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre). The song was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman (also known as the Sherman Brothers). The song title is a play on words, a humorous"
"that began in the 1890s, the Princess Theatre musicals of the early 20th century, and comedies in the 1920s and 1930s (such as the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein), with ""Oklahoma!"" (1943), musicals moved in a more dramatic direction. Famous musicals over the subsequent decades included ""My Fair Lady"" (1956), ""West Side Story"" (1957), ""The Fantasticks"" (1960), ""Hair"" (1967), ""A Chorus Line"" (1975), ""Les Misérables"" (1980), ""Into the Woods"" (1986), and ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1986), as well as more contemporary hits including ""Rent"" (1994), ""The Lion King"" (1997), ""Wicked"" (2003), and ""Hamilton"" (2015). Musical theatre may be produced"
"The Happy Time The Happy Time is a 1952 American comedy film directed by the award-winning director Richard Fleischer, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Robert Fontaine, which Samuel A. Taylor turned into a hit play. A boy, played by Bobby Driscoll, comes of age in a close-knit French-Canadian family. The film stars Charles Boyer and Louis Jourdan as his father and uncle respectively. The play was also adapted into a musical in 1968 by composer John Kander, lyricist Fred Ebb, and librettist N. Richard Nash, and starred Robert Goulet. Included in the orchestra was the"
"Show tune A show tune is a song originally written as part of the score of a musical stage show or musical, especially if the piece in question has become a standard, more or less detached in most people's minds from the original context. Particular musicals that have yielded popular “show tunes” include: Though show tunes vary in style, they do tend to share common characteristics—they usually fit the context of a story being told in the original musical, they are useful in enhancing and heightening choice moments. A particularly common form of show tune is the ""I Want"" song,"
"The Happy Day The Happy Day is a musical comedy in two acts by Seymour Hicks, with music by Sidney Jones and Paul Rubens, and lyrics by Adrian Ross and Rubens. It was produced by George Edwardes's company (by the estate's executor, Robert Evett) and was directed by Evett. The story concerns a royal couple who dislike each other but ultimately fall in love. A masquerade scene provides opportunities for mistaken identity. The musical opened at Daly's Theatre in London on 13 May 1916 and ran for 241 performances. It starred Winifred Barnes, José Collins and Arthur Wontner, who played"
"High School Musical on Stage! High School Musical on Stage! is a musical based on the Disney Channel Original Movie ""High School Musical"", with music and lyrics by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Ray and Greg Cham, Drew Seeley, Randy Petersen, Kevin Quinn, Andy Dodd, Adam Watts, Bryan Louiselle, David N. Lawrence, Faye Greenberg and Jamie Houston, and a book by David Simpatico. It has quickly become a very popular choice for high school musical theatre productions. List of main characters in their respective groups. At East High School (in Albuquerque, New Mexico) (""Wildcat Cheer""), Troy Bolton tells his Jock friends,"
"Whole New World - Underscore (:20) 20. I'll Say (:42) 21. We Through Yet/Prince Ali (Reprise) (1:36) 22. Snake! (:41) 23. He Has More Power (:50) 24. Father, I've Decided (:59) 25. Celebration (1:36) 26. Curtain Call (1:13) Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular was a Broadway-style show based on Disney's 1992 animated film ""Aladdin"" with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Alan Menken. It was performed inside the Hyperion Theater in Hollywood Land at Disney California Adventure from 2003 to 2016. In September 2015, it was announced that the"
"cast are joined on stage by an ensemble and members of a dance school (Ellie Bailey, Rachael Hackett, Alice Mee and Autumn Wade). 1966 - Maid of the Mountains (Musical) 1967 - The Merry Widow (Musical) 1968 - Summer Song (Musical) 1969 - Quaker Girl (Musical) 1970 - Magyar Melody (Musical) 1971 - Aladdin (Pantomime) 1971 - Finians Rainbow (Musical) 1973 - The Sound of Music (Musical) 1974 - Oaklahoma (Musical) 1975 - Jack and the Beanstalk (Pantomime) 1975 - A Funny Thing (Musical) 1976 - Jorrocks (Musical) 1977 - Mother Goose (Pantomime) 1977 - Chrysanthemum (Musical) 1978 - Humpty"
"Toot Sweets ""Toot Sweets"" is a song from ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", the 1968 musical motion picture. In the film it is sung by Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes. ""Toot Sweets"" is also featured prominently in the multi-award winning stage musical of the same name which premiered in London at the Palladium in 2002 and on Broadway in 2005 at the newly refurbished Foxwoods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre). The song was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman (also known as the Sherman Brothers). The song title is a play on words, a humorous Anglicisation"
"however, but also from such Disneyland attractions as It's a Small World and The Enchanted Tiki Room, both with songs by Disney's prolific songwriter brother duo, Richard and Robert Sherman. Also performed in the musical is composer Alan Menken's ""A Change in Me"" — a song written for Toni Braxton when she entered the role of Belle in the Broadway production of ""Beauty and the Beast"". The songs are grouped into 15 recording sessions, as well as a prologue, finale, and a collection of instrumentals played after curtain call as the audience exits the theater, with each section's songs holding"
"American musical theatre history. Their work revolutionized the musical form. What was once a collection of songs, dances and comic turns held together by a tenuous plot became a fully integrated piece. The team went on to create four more hits that are among the most popular in musical history. Each was made into a successful film: ""Carousel"" (1945), ""South Pacific"" (1949, winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), ""The King and I"" (1951), and ""The Sound of Music"" (1959). Other shows include the minor hit ""Flower Drum Song"" (1958), as well as relative failures ""Allegro"" (1947), ""Me and"
"preview performances and 136 regular performances. This show has been performed twice in high school productions, at Cocoa Beach High School in Cocoa Beach, Florida and at Bishop Carroll Catholic High School in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. From the original, two act, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin production of, ""Walmartopia"". Track listing from the Original Off Broadway Cast Recording 3 http://www.broadwayworld.com/fringe/article/Walmartopia-Put-On-A-Happy-Face-20060828# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_hvsnHvzU&list=UUp3N4SdM0pSRovTtlNuHuKA&feature=c4-overview Walmartopia Walmartopia is a musical with music by Andrew Rohn and book by Catherine Capellaro. It is an irreverent political satire of big business and eternal smiley faces, a musical tale of a single mom who speaks up to her corporate employer"
"act II. The Happiest Millionaire The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 musical film starring Fred MacMurray and based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design by Bill Thomas. The musical song score is by Robert and Richard Sherman. The screenplay is by AJ Carothers based on the play that was based on the book ""My Philadelphia Father"" by Cordelia Drexel Biddle. This was the last film with personal involvement from Walt Disney, who died during its production. Costume Designer Bill Thomas, whose film credits passed the"
"of the songs, and the first explosion does not take place until the end of Act 1 during ""Goodbye...ee"". Act 2 then brings the horror of war to the production. The song ""Oh! It's a Lovely War"" was written by J. P. Long and Maurice Scott in 1917 and was part of the repertoire of music hall star and male impersonator Ella Shields. The lyrics of the first verse and the chorus are as follows: Two renditions of the song, one from 1918, can be heard at firstworldwar.com. Almost all of the songs featured in the musical also appear on"
"type. The WFPL article ""Great 'I Want' Moments in Musicals"" listed ""Belle"", ""Somewhere That's Green"", ""Wouldn't It Be Loverly"", ""Lonely Room"", ""Corner of the Sky"", and ""Part of Your World"". ""I Want"" song The ""I Want"" song (also called an ""I wish"" song) is a popular type of song featured in musical theatre, and has become a particularly popular term through its use to describe a series of songs featured in 1990s Disney animated features that had the main character singing about how they are unsatisfied with their current life, and what they are searching for. The term ""'I Want'"
"ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, such as ""Edelweiss"", ""My Favorite Things"", ""Climb Ev'ry Mountain"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", and the title song ""The Sound of Music"". The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, out of nine nominations. The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It"
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (song) ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" is an Academy Award nominated song from ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", the 1968 musical motion picture. In the film it is sung by Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes. ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" is also featured prominently in ""Chitty the Musical"", which premiered in London at the Palladium in 2002 and on Broadway in 2005 at the newly refurbished Foxwoods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre). The song is parodied in the ""South Park"" episode ""It Hits the Fan"" sung by Mr. Garrison and by Jim Carrey in """". A version"
"Scrooge (musical) Scrooge: The Musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Its score and book are closely adapted from the music and screenplay of the 1970 musical film ""Scrooge"" starring Albert Finney and ""A Christmas Carol"" by Charles Dickens. Bricusse was nominated for an Academy Award for the song score he wrote for the film, and most of those songs were carried over to the musical. The musical opens with the company singing a Christmas carol medley as the city of London begins to reminisce over the coming of Christmas (""Sing A Christmas"
"costumes, and Paul More for lighting. Happy Town (musical) Happy Town is a musical comedy that opened on Broadway October 7, 1959 and closed October 10, 1959 after only five performances. The music was by Gordon Duffy, lyrics by Harry Haldane, and book by Max Hampton, with additional songs by Paul Nassau. The show starred Cindy Robbins, Biff McGuire, Ton Williams, Lee Venora, and Michael Kermoyan and was about the only town in Texas that did not have a millionaire in residence. The production was directed by Alan Buchrantz and choreographed by Lee Scott. Other credits went to Curt Nations"
"Happy Town (musical) Happy Town is a musical comedy that opened on Broadway October 7, 1959 and closed October 10, 1959 after only five performances. The music was by Gordon Duffy, lyrics by Harry Haldane, and book by Max Hampton, with additional songs by Paul Nassau. The show starred Cindy Robbins, Biff McGuire, Ton Williams, Lee Venora, and Michael Kermoyan and was about the only town in Texas that did not have a millionaire in residence. The production was directed by Alan Buchrantz and choreographed by Lee Scott. Other credits went to Curt Nations for scenic design, Michael Travis for"
"Award nomination for the movie. In 2014, the show saw its first Broadway incarnation, opening that April at the Belasco Theatre and winning the year's Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The production closed on September 13, 2015. A national tour of the show began at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre on October 2, 2016. He has done five films with filmmaker Paul Weitz. He composed the score for 2004's ""In Good Company"" and ""American Dreamz,"" for which he also co-wrote the numerous songs the contestants sing, as well as the 2009 film """". Trask also scored the"
"Hallelujah, Baby! Hallelujah, Baby! is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, and a book by Arthur Laurents. The show is ""a chronicle of the African American struggle for equality during the [first half of the] 20th century."" The musical premiered on Broadway in 1967 and made a young Leslie Uggams a star. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Georgina is a talented, beautiful and ambitious African American woman, determined to have a career. Overcoming many obstacles, she rises to stardom. She makes her way through the Great Depression, World War"
"a Happy Day!"" and ""The Science of the Mind"". The two Chicago productions in 2009 also received favorable reviews in the ""Chicago Tribune""; the reviewer noted, ""this show manages to simultaneously skewer Scientology and showcase the young performers in an upbeat, fun way."" A cast recording of the musical was released by Kurt Deutsch's Sh-K-Boom Records, on November 2, 2004. ""Hey! It's a Happy Day!"", ""Science of the Mind"", ""Rain"", and ""Finale"" are tracks from the original 2004 production. The other songs on the album were written by Jarrow "".. to further explore the subjects and themes of the stage"
"home searching for family and love (""Running""), and understands that he must set out alone again. The Original Broadway cast recording was released by RCA Victor Broadway in January 1968 and the CD was released on March 10, 1992. The Happy Time (musical) The Happy Time is a musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by N. Richard Nash loosely based on a 1950 hit Broadway play, ""The Happy Time"" by Samuel A. Taylor, which was in turn based on stories by Robert Fontaine. The story had also been made into a 1952 film"
"""Starlight Express"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", ""Monty Python's Spamalot"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""West Side Story"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"", ""The Rocky Horror Show"", ""Fame - The Musical"", ""Never Forget"", ""Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical"", ""Cabaret"", ""Blood Brothers"", ""Saturday Night Fever"", ""Carousel"", ""Footloose - The Musical"", ""Grease"", ""Anything Goes"", ""Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake"", ""Our House"", ""Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story"", ""Carousel"", ""Tap Dogs"", ""Taboo"", ""Flashdance - The Musical"", ""Annie"", ""Annie Get Your Gun"", """", ""Dancing in the Streets"", ""Sister Act"", ""An Inspector Calls"", ""Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"", ""Rock of Ages"", ""Chicago"","